Saturday 4 December 2021

04-12-21 Saturday - Red Kite

 Cold wind and the odd shower, always overcast - top temperature 8°C

Black Redstart
Red Kite
Firecrest
Purple Sandpiper

04-12-21 Bewick's Swans CVL (Dave Hughes)

BRISTOL

Blaise Estate:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Jay, 4 Magpie, 3 Carrion Crow, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Firecrest ( Hurrah !), 2 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 3 Nuthatch, 6 Blackbird, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Robin,

Eastville Park:
2 Kingfisher, 1 Dipper

Stoke Park - inc Duchess Pond:
3 Bullfinch (f) 
04-12-21 Kingfisher & Dipper EP (Mark Coller)
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Tytherington:
1 Peregrine

NORTH SOMERSET

Portishead - Battery Point and Boating Lake:
1 Greylag Goose, 6 Tufted Duck (2m), 5 Purple Sandpiper, 

Gordano Valley, Weston Moor:
6 Gadwall (2m), 1 Raven, 

Clevedon Pier:
1 Black Redstart

Clevedon - Blind Yeo:
6 Goosander (4m)

Backwell Lake:
4 Cormorant, 61 Little Egret - into the roost between 15:19 & 16:30
 - - earlier in the day: 25 Mute Swan, 1 Muscovy Duck, 24 Shoveler, 7 Gadwall, 1 Wigeon, 40 Mallard, 7 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 2 Little Grebe, 80 Black Headed Gull, 1 Lesser Backed Black Gull, 1 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 2 Robin, 2 Goldfinch, .

Wraxall - Watercress Farm:
2 Mallard, 20 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 1 Jay, 3 Magpie, 35 Jackdaw, 16 Rook, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 2 Coal Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 12 Skylark, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Wren, 10 Starling, 8 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 7 Blackbird, 3 Robin, 4 Stonechat, 4 Dunnock, 1 Grey Wagtail, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Bullfinch, 16 Goldfinch, 7 Yellowhammer

Kenn - garden:
1  Black Redstart (m) - day 6

BELOW M4 & BANES

Marshfield:
1 Feral Pigeon, 55 Woodpigeon, 200 Golden Plover (flyover), 460 Common Gull - Down Rd, 17 Herring Gull, 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 120 Jackdaw, 27 Rook, 32 Carrion Crow, 2 Raven, 1 Blue Tit, 71 Skylark, 176 Starling, 6 Blackbird, 287 Fieldfare, 77 Redwing, 1 Robin, 5 House Sparrow, 8 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 47 Linnet, 23 Goldfinch, 4 Corn Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer

Bath - Audley Park:
1 Blackcap (m), 9+ Pied Wagtail
04-12-21 Blackbird NSL (NSL Birding)
Newton St Loe:
1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Blackbird, 2 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing - and not many Rowan Berries?

Paulton:
1 Stock Dove, 100 Woodpigeon, 3 Common Gull, 1 Red Kite, 200 mixed corvids (Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow), 1 Raven, 4 Skylark, 8 Starling, 7 Blackbird, 13 Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Meadow Pipit

RESERVOIRS

Chew Valley Lake
1 Buzzard
04-12-21 Jack Snipe CVL (Dave Hughes)
Stratford:
3 Bewick's Swan - landed close to the hide, 1 Snipe, 4 Jack Snipe, 2 Marsh Harrier (f & m), 2 Peregrine (f + juv), 1 Bearded Tit (f)

Reports: Di Bunniss, Paul Chapman, Allan Chard, Mark Coller, Peter Coslett, Chris Craig, John Croxton, Heather England, Alastair Fraser, Rich Giles, John Griffiths, Patrick Hancock, Dave Hughes, Mike Hutchinson, Simon Isgar, Frank Janiurek, Sue & Nigel, Kempson, Fiona Neate, Gary Thoburn, Mike Thomas, Lauren & Wayne Tucker, 
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